# 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

The 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers finished with a 59–75 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place. The team folded after the season concluded.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 83 | 43 | .659 | — | 47‍–‍15 | 36‍–‍28 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 83 | 45 | .648 | 1 | 48‍–‍17 | 35‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 67 | 65 | .508 | 19 | 37‍–‍30 | 30‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 63 | 64 | .496 | 20½ | 43‍–‍24 | 20‍–‍40 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 61 | 71 | .462 | 25 | 40‍–‍28 | 21‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 61 | 72 | .459 | 25½ | 33‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍37 |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 59 | 75 | .440 | 28 | 32‍–‍36 | 27‍–‍39 |
| Washington Nationals | 41 | 83 | .331 | 41 | 24‍–‍29 | 17‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1889 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | CLE | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–7–1 | 12–8–1 | 10–10 | 8–6–2 | 13–6 | 16–3 | 14–5–1 |
| Chicago | 7–10–1 | — | 11–9 | 13–7 | 5–13–1 | 9–10–1 | 10–9–1 | 12–7 |
| Cleveland | 8–12–1 | 9–11 | — | 9–10–1 | 4–14 | 10–9 | 7–13 | 14–3–1 |
| Indianapolis | 10–10 | 7–13 | 10–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 4–13 | 10–10 | 11–7 |
| New York | 6–8–2 | 13–5–1 | 14–4 | 13–7 | — | 12–7–1 | 12–7–1 | 13–5 |
| Philadelphia | 6–13 | 10–9–1 | 9–10 | 13–4 | 7–12–1 | — | 9–9 | 9–7–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–16 | 9–10–1 | 13–7 | 10–10 | 7–12–1 | 9–9 | — | 10–7 |
| Washington | 5–14–1 | 7–12 | 3–14–1 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 7–9–1 | 7–10 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Dick Buckley | 68 | 260 | 67 | .258 | 8 | 41 |
| 1B | Paul Hines | 121 | 486 | 148 | .305 | 6 | 72 |
| 2B | Charlie Bassett | 127 | 477 | 117 | .245 | 4 | 68 |
| 3B | Jerry Denny | 133 | 578 | 163 | .282 | 18 | 112 |
| SS | Jack Glasscock | 134 | 582 | 205 | .352 | 7 | 85 |
| OF | Emmett Seery | 127 | 526 | 165 | .314 | 8 | 59 |
| OF | Marty Sullivan | 69 | 256 | 73 | .285 | 4 | 35 |
| OF | Jack McGeachey | 131 | 532 | 142 | .267 | 2 | 63 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Con Daily | 62 | 219 | 55 | .251 | 0 | 26 |
| Ed Andrews | 40 | 173 | 53 | .306 | 0 | 22 |
| George Myers | 43 | 149 | 29 | .195 | 0 | 12 |
| Andy Sommers | 23 | 84 | 21 | .250 | 2 | 14 |
| Jumbo Schoeneck | 16 | 62 | 15 | .242 | 0 | 8 |
| Pete Weckbecker | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Henry Boyle | 46 | 378.2 | 21 | 23 | 3.92 | 97 |
| Charlie Getzien | 45 | 349.0 | 18 | 22 | 4.54 | 139 |
| Jim Whitney | 9 | 70.0 | 2 | 7 | 6.81 | 16 |
| Gus Krock | 4 | 32.0 | 2 | 2 | 7.31 | 10 |
| Lev Shreve | 3 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 13.79 | 5 |
| Jack Fanning | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 0 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Amos Rusie | 33 | 225.0 | 12 | 10 | 5.32 | 109 |
| Bill Burdick | 10 | 45.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.53 | 16 |
| Jack Fee | 7 | 40.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.28 | 10 |
| Varney Anderson | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jack McGeachey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 3 |
| Jack Glasscock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |